Soviet Political Officers question

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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

Maybe it has more to do with the submariners than the political officers?

Because of the nature of their missions, submariners tend to be an independent lot and probably resented the meddling and person watching them over their shoulder, more than most other units.

IIRC, in WWII the German submarine force despised Nazi meddling as well.